Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Bro. Tom O’Neal officiating. Private burial will follow in Meadowbrook Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Salter, the daughter of Odis & Jennie Dudley Woodson, was born Sept. 23, 1931, in Lamar County.
On August 6, 1949, she married Glen Salter, and he preceded her in death on April 11, 1971. A son, Timothy Salter, her parents, Odis & Jennie Woodson, a brother, James E. Woodson & wife Thelma, a sister, Edna Towers & husband Hollis, and two brothers-in-law, R. E. Jaynes and Kenneth McDowra, also preceded her in death.
Velma’s career with Westinghouse/Phillips Lighting Company spanned 30 years before her retirement in 1991. She was a member of the Bonham Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include a daughter, Salena Cope & husband Jesse of Paris, three grandchildren, Tabatha Ibarra & husband Juan, Aaron Glen Bell & wife Britney and Terra Brown & husband Jason, seven great grandchildren, Angelina Ibarra, Jordan Brown, Jacob Brown, Joshua Brown, Abigail Ibarra, Londyn Bell, and Aiven Bell, and two sisters, Thelma McDowra who was her twin, of Paris, and Shirley Jaynes of Blossom along with many nieces & nephews and a host of friends including Verlene Wilburn who was like a sister to Velma.
Honorary casket bearers will be: Jesse Cope, Dennis Woodson, Gary McDowra, Brad McDowra, Rick Jaynes, Michael Jaynes, Clay Purcella, and Roy Dean Jaynes.
